70s party for DNB's 50th anniversary

DNB had a 70s party for their 50th anniversary of being in The City, I opted for a LATE 70s vibe whereas a lot of people went for the more obvious disco fashions (though quite a lot didn't bother at all!).

 

Lunch in town with Liv and Richard

We went into London for lunch at Lido in Chinatown which was very good. After that we headed to Soho for a coffee at Bar Italia and then a couple of drinks at The Garrick Arms before heading home.

 

Weekend in Copenhagen for Siv's 60th

We're just back from a weekend in Copenhagen to celebrate Siv's 60th. We arrived Thursday night and stayed at the Comfort Hotel Vesterbro. 

On Friday we went for a walk down to Nyhavn onto Broens Gadekøkken for lunch. Carrying on our walk we stopped for a drink at Sofie Kælderen by the canal, where we headed back to in the evening.

On Saturday we headed to the Central Station and got a train to Helsingør, to visit the Kronborg Castle, and a walk around the town. We had a very nice lunch of some open sandwiches at the Culture Yard before heading back to town (where we bumped into an anti covid restrictions march). In the evening we had a simple dinner from Uludag kebab before heading back to Sofie Kælderen for a drink.

On Sunday We went for a walk to Vestre Kirkegård cemetery to walk down its 'tree alley'. Heading back to town we decided to walk through the legendary Christiania Freetown (which was a lot more quaint than you would have thought) before stopping off for a drink in Cafe Oven Vande. After all the walking we decided to have a night in with a simple take away from Uludag kebab again.

Monday was a travelling day home after a lovely weekend away. A few photos from our weekend are below, the rest are here:

COPENHAGEN WEEKEND PHOTOS

 

Hornchurch FA Cup game away at Bowers and Pitsea

A group of us went on a very wet day to watch Hornchurch play at Bowers and Pitsea in an FA Cup qualifying game. While Hornchurch managed to come back from 2-0 down to 2-2 in the last minute, the unfortunately lost the replay the following Tuesday 0-2 and so are out of the cup.

 

Canal walk for Siv's Birthday

To celebrate Siv's birthday we decided to go on a long walk. We had breakfast in Wanstead at City Place, before getting the tube to Stratford and walking through the shopping centre to walk along The River Lea. We then headed along the Hertford Union Canal before turning right at the junction with the Regent's Canal. We stopped off for lunch in Victoria Park at The Pavillion Cafe before heading onwards past Broadway Market. After a brief drinks stop at Arepa and Co we continued onto Islington passing through Camden Passage, before getting the Overground back to Hackney Wick and a few drinks and snacks at The White Post (as the sun came out) before heading home.

 

Holiday in Oslo and Molde

We're just back from a couple of weeks in Norway. We spent the first weekend in Oslo, before moving onto Molde, working there for a week, with rather wet weather. The middle weekend had the best weather where we got gardening done as well as going with Eva and JM on a boat trip to Bjørnsund. 

The second week was rather wet again, but we managed to get a few things done (including trips to the dentist), before heading back for another night in Oslo, where we met up with more of the family this time for dinner, before heading back to London on the Monday (with all the faff of passenger locator forms etc.). A few photos are below, the rest are here:

OSLO AND MOLDE HOLIDAY PHOTOS